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Buying a clamp meter

Started by SPLadd1ct, Dec 12 2011 11:49 PM

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Posted 12 December 2011 - 11:49 PM

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I am buying a clamp meter for christmas and would like to order it tomorrow sometime so it gets here by Christmas. I am willing to spend up to $350 on one and am mainly looking at Fluke products.

This is my first clamp meter and I want to buy good quality the first time around...

I don't know much at all about these types of tools, but from what my research has conducted is that this would be a pretty good model to go with.

http://www.amazon.co...t/dp/B004XB49L8

I also see in videos that people use a digital multi meter to obtain the AC voltage also. Do I need a special multimeter for this? Or would any decent multimeter do the trick?

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Posted 12 December 2011 - 11:56 PM

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http://www.instrumar...CFVCR7QodAwpEUA ive been looking at this one seems to be the best one i hae looked at of theres and only a lil more

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Posted 12 December 2011 - 11:58 PM

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sorry amazon has better price http://www.amazon.co...x/dp/B004E26C16
edit: only 12 dollars more than yours

Edited by Jd1102, 12 December 2011 - 11:58 PM.

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Posted 13 December 2011 - 12:10 AM

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I like Fluke, I just dont like buying a name, Klein, Milwaukee, Greenlee, Ideal... All make great clamps for less and have the same rating and quality
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Posted 31 December 2011 - 10:52 PM

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Posted 01 January 2012 - 06:51 AM

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should of looked at my for sale thread i had a few clamp meters and sold a new fluke 337 for $200. i have dmm left
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Posted 03 January 2012 - 07:27 PM

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mines a craftsman for $50.00 checked voltage with my fluke. right on.

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Posted 21 January 2012 - 05:48 PM

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mike is yours this one?

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Posted 17 February 2012 - 06:08 AM

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How do the fluke 335, and 336 compare to the 337? I too am looking for a nice accurate clamp that has true rms function. Let me know what you guys think!

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Posted 01 March 2012 - 06:03 AM

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Just like EBW said: You don't wanna buy the name only. Try out PCE Instruments. Comparable (German) quality but cheaper than Fluke!

http://www.industria...lamp-meters.htm
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